Inner Demon is a 2014 Australian horror film directed by Ursula Dabrowsky, starring Sarah Jeavons, Kerry Ann Reid and Andreas Sobik. Production Designer Theo Benton.

Inner Demon
Directed byUrsula Dabrowsky
Written byUrsula Dabrowsky
Produced bySue Brown
Starring
CinematographyNima Nabili Rad
Edited byCleland Jones
Music byMichael Taylor
Release dates
  • 20 November 2014 (2014-11-20) (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)
  • 21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) (US)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Release

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The film was released on various digital platforms on 21 April 2017.[1]

Reception

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John Skipp of Fangoria wrote that while the performances of Jeavons and Reid are "truly outstanding", Sobik "dominates every single moment he’s in (and infects every moment he’s not), with an almost Klaus Kinski level of mesmerizing, blowtorching psychosis behind his glowering, drug-addled calm and command."[2]

Howard Gorman of Scream rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and called it a "compelling and relevant film, providing audiences with much more to mull over than your average genre flick."[3]

Film critic Kim Newman wrote that while the film "gets into a rut (or stuck in a cupboard) in that it seems to be recycling riffs in its menaced-by-a-maniac, trapped-in-a-confined-space and ghosts-on-the-loose phases", Jeavons' performance is "good" and her character an "unusually likeable screen teen", the dynamic between characters Denise and Karl "interesting" and it has a "couple of decent shocks and reversals."[4]

Joel Harley of Starburst rated the film 5 stars out of 10 and wrote that "In spite of its accomplished lead performance and impressively oppressive atmosphere, this one is just a bit too introverted."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Miska, Brad (12 April 2017). "'Inner Demon' Clips Come Knocking at Our Door". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ Skipp, John (24 June 2015). "NIGHTMARE ROYALE # 19: Etheria Pushes Toward Critical Mass, and Pins it Down to Earth (On The Women Who Bring The Change, Pt. III)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Gorman, Howard (23 November 2015). "INNER DEMON: Film Review". Scream. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ Newman, Kim (3 September 2015). "FrightFest review – Inner Demon". The Kim Newman Web Site. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ Harley, Joel (10 September 2015). "INNER DEMON". Starburst. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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